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Friday, November 30, 2012

Madeline's Christmas

Date: Nov 23 through Dec 16

Time: 7:00PM to 3:15PM

Location: The Rose Theater
2001 Farnam Street , Omaha,
NE

November 23 - December 16 on
Friday 7:00PM-8:15PM
Saturday 2:00PM-3:15PM
Sunday 2:00PM-3:15PM
Everyone’s favorite schoolgirl in the bright yellow hat is back for some festive fun in France! It’s “the season of miracles” and Madeline just might need one! Don’t miss this Christmas charmer musical based on the beloved books.

Milton Wolsky: A 20th Century Modernist

Date: Aug 28 through Dec 2

Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney ,
NE

Milton Wolsky: A 20th Century Modernist
August 28 – December 2, 2012
Milton Laban Wolsky was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1916. He studied in Chicago and New York with two important American artists, Julian Levi and Hans Hofmann. A multitalented artist, he produced realist, contemporary, and abstract art with the same skill and expertise. This selection of works, never exhibited and with many considered to be some of his best, remained in the artist’s collection at the time of his death in 1981.

Nebraska Now: Mary Katherine Murphy, Paintings

Date: Oct 13 through Jan 6

Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

Nebraska Now: Mary Katherine Murphy, Paintings
October 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013
A painter’s painter, Mary Murphy is well known for her controlled yet gestural strokes and purposefully expressive use of color. Always beautiful, Murphy’s paintings are rooted in the love of applying paint to canvas. This exhibition also introduces Murphy’s experimental three-dimensional works.

Location: Lauritzen Gardens
100 Bancroft Street , Omaha,
NE

Book Illustrator: Paul Goble

Date: Oct 12 through Jan 13

Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

October 12, 2012 - January 13, 2013 on
Tuesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Wednesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Thursday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Friday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
Paul Goble’s life-long fascination with Native Americans of the Plains has been his inspiration for 30 published children’s books. This award-winning author and illustrator is featured in the Museum of Nebraska Art’s Postmaster Gallery with the original illustrations from Adopted by the Eagles, on loan from the South Dakota Art Museum.

Christmas at Union Station

Date: Nov 23 through Dec 31

Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: The Durham Museum
801 South 10th Street , Omaha,
NE

Christmas at Union Station | Nov. 23-Dec. 31, 2012
This popular holiday celebration began in the 1930s when Union Pacific would decorate and display large evergreens from the Pacific Northwest for Union Station travelers to enjoy. Today, this cherished tradition continues with the region’s largest indoor Christmas tree and an exceptional line-up of family friendly events. The annual celebration begins with the Tree Lighting Ceremony, held the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas at Union Station continues throughout December and into the first...

The American Soldier

Date: Sep 22 through Jan 6

Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: The Durham Museum
801 South 10th Street , Omaha ,
NE

The American Soldier | Sept. 22, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013
Curated and produced by Cyma Rubin, The American Soldier: From the Civil War to the War in Iraq is a dramatic exhibition of photographs that captures the essence of American soldiering over the past 150 years. The 116 photographs in this exhibition cover America at war through the Civil War, Spanish American War, Boxer Rebellion, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Afghanistan, and to the streets of Baghdad. The exhibition’s purpose is both commemorative and educational,...

The Art of Living

Date: Oct 5 through Jan 27

Time: 10:00PM to 5:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney ,
NE

October 5, 2012 - January 27, 2013 on
Tuesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Wednesday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Thursday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Friday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
From hand-crafted artworks to those designed and then mass produced, The Art of Living examines the objects that inhabit our homes and adorn our bodies. A rug, book, vase, table, lamp, necklace, or garment – each work has a foundation in the practical, yet are objects created with an aesthetic intent. Featuring works created over the last 100 years, the...

MONA's 19th Century Artworks

Date: Aug 14 through Mar 31

Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

MONA’s 19th Century Artworks August 14, 2012 – March 31, 2013. The foundational artworks of MONA’s permanent collection are the paintings, drawings, prints, and artifacts created in the 19th century that tell the story of westward expansion and the quickly changing territorial and cultural tides. Works included in this era were created by Artist-Explorers – the individuals who traveled and documented the new frontier, and the Plains Indians – the original inhabitants of the land.

Art: It's ELEMENTARY

Date: Aug 7 through Apr 28

Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

Art: It’s ELEMENTARY! August 7, 2012 – April 28, 2013. Color, line, shape, form, space, value, and texture. Art: It’ s ELEMENTARY! walks viewers through the elements of art using works from the Museum of Nebraska Art collection to show how these basic visual tools are used to build and view a work of art.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (11AM-5PM), Sunday (1-5pm), Monday (Closed)

Lincoln Artists’ Guild Featured in Nebraska State Office Building

Date: Nov 2 through Nov 30

Time: 7:00AM to 5:00PM

Lincoln Artists’ Guild Featured in Nebraska State Office Building in November.
November 1-30, 2012
Nebraska State Office Building
301 Centennial Mall South, first floor
Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. -5 p.m.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Members of the Lincoln Artists’ Guild will present their best work of the year at the fall juried show in November. Nine prizes including the James Ray Award and the Clarisse Hastie Award will be given. The judge is artist Julia Noyes.
A People’s Choice Award will be given to the...

Date: Nov 3 through Nov 30

Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM

Location: Noyes Art Gallery
119 S. 9th Street , Lincoln ,
NE

Mixed media event “Landscapes and Figures” November 2: Visual arts, poetry and food art
Join us on November's First Friday for this collaborative mixed-media event -- a feast of literary, visual and food art.
Reception November 2, 6-10 p.m.
Show open November 1-30, 2012
In November, the Noyes Gallery Focus Room will feature a mixed media exhibit of 8 visual artists plus collaborative poetry by Tim Zook and creative food art by Chefs on the Run Bennett Martin and Kevin Page.
Tim Zook’s collaborative poetry is poetry...

Future Artifacts

Date: Nov 2 through Nov 30

Time: 5:00PM to 6:00PM

"Future Artifacts" Considers Imagined Future Society
Exhibition features artifacts made from modern tools, inspired by ancestry.
Omaha, Nebr. - This solo exhibition, the first for Weston Thomson, features a collection of objects and images resulting from the ethnographic study of an imagined future society. The opening reception for "Future Artifacts" will be held on Friday, November 2nd, 6-9pm.
Inspired by ancient artifacts and armed with state-of-the-art technology, the artist is creating pieces that will feel purposeful and precious...

"Minerals & Meteorites" exhibit

Date: Apr 21 through Nov 30

Time: 8:30AM to 4:30PM

April 21-November 30, 9:30AM-4:30PM
“Minerals & Meteorites” will be on display April 21 through Nov. 30. See an expansive display of rare minerals and meteorites in the museum's Cooper Gallery. Explore their fascinating properties and the many ways they impact our lives.

The Forts of Nebraska by Jeff Barnes

Date: Nov 30

Time: 6:30PM to 6:30PM

Location: Lied Pierce Public Library
207 W. Court St. , Pierce,
NE

Nebraska's forts were among the first and last on the Great Plains, built to promote trade, to protect travelers and settlers, to fight the Indian tribes and then to keep the peace. Barnes tells of Nebraska's 12 forts and what visitors will find at the sites.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Date: Nov 30 through Dec 9

Time: 7:30PM to 7:30PM

Location: Hastings Community Theatre
515 South 4th Ave East end of Good Samaritan Village, Hastings,
NE

Friday, November 30 - 7:30 pm;
Saturday, December 1 - 7:30 pm;
Sunday, December 2 - 2:30 pm;
Friday, December 7 - 7:30 pm;
Saturday, December 8 - 7:30 pm;
Sunday, December 9 - 2:30 pm.
In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book...

Big Red Wrap-Up

Date: Nov 30

Time: 8:00PM to 8:00PM

Location: NET Studios
1800 N 33rd Street, Lincoln,
NE

Hosted by Kevin Kugler, Adrian Fiala and Blake Lawrence, Big Red Wrap-Up provides a weekly recap of each Husker football game, including highlights, in-depth analysis, background segments, special guests from the world of Nebraska sports, and the latest Cornhusker recruiting news from Huskers Illustrated's Sean Callahan. Recapping the Iowa game.